Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-06
THEIR FIRST DEFEAT.

| BridgepOrts-Playlng Under Many
 DIsadvantages-The New Havens l However Did Not Get Rattled- l BecannOn on the Field Hut Could
 Net PIay-Good Battery Work by
 Leary and Tracy-Other News.
 The New Haven team met its first defeat yesterday in the race for the Eastern league championship. The result was inevitable.
 With the team broken up and in no condi-
 tion to play ball the Bridgeports knew and New Ravens were certain that the latter
 would be defeated. Manager Donnelly
 brought Becannon, the New York Reserve pitcher, up from New York and he was on
 the field practising before the game com
 menced with his suit on. But his release l did not come and he was obliged to retire. l When it was found that Becannon could not l play Tracy was put in to catch, Murphy was
 sent to third and Leary put in to pitch. | There were about fifteen hundred people l at the grounds. There was no enthusiasm to l speak of. Both sides when good plays were made were cheered alike. Burns was greatly | cheered when he allowed one man to get no | further than first by getting what was ap- parently two-bagger by long run and | slide on the ground for it. Crowley, Burns, Leary and Murphy were the only
 
 l two clean base hits. Tracys catching was feature of the game. He caught three foul | tips, every one that was made. Troy made l his first error of the season, fumbling ball. At S:30 o'clock the New Ravens went to | the field Munyan was the first to bat. He did not get to first for Donnelly picked up his grounder and threw him out at first. Brown made base hit, went to second on Tracy's only passed ball. He attempted to steal third and Tracy, in throwing the ball
 to cut him off, threw it high over Murphy's head and Brown scored. Tracy then caught nice foul tip of Wilson's. Leary hit Me- Guirk and the latter took his base went to second on Leary's wild pitch, stole third and Jones then knocked high fly between center and left field. Burns and Mellon both ran for it, but it was Mellon's ball. The latter's hands seemed to be buttered, for the ball bounded out of them, and McGuirk scored. Jones, however, was caught mapping on first, for Leary threw him out
 In the New Havens' first inning Troy got a base hit on balls, stole second and got to third on put-out, but he was left there, as the next three men went out.
 In the second and third innings neither side scored.
 In the next inning Wilson, for the home team, made another long fly hit to Mellon in center field. Everybody was surprised when this one, too, although dropping squarely..into his hands bounded bounded out io faad MeG1afk # hit ana
 
 neither Wilson nor McGuirk were put out. Then began the batting. Jones made base hit. The bases were now filled. | Shannon hit for two bases, and Wilson and McGuirk scored. Lovett | hit safely, but was thrown. out by Leary at l second on Cox's hit. Cain made base hit l and Shannon scored. Munyan also made | safe hit, stealing second. Browns two- | bagger brought Cain and Munyan home. | Wilson hit to Murphy and Shannon thought l he was going to throw it to first and so start | ed for third. But Murphy did not do it. | Murphy threw the ball to Troy, who ran | after Shannon and with his fast legs could have touched him in 0 few more runs, but he tossed the ball to Murphy, who put Shan non out. McGuirk then went out on foul fly to Murphy.
 The New Havens went in in this inning and made their only run. Burns led off with | a two bagger. He went to third on Mellon's ! put out at first. Crowley came to the bat | and made a clean base hit, bringing Burns l home. Leary next made a two bagger, and | Crowley, who had started from first base on | the hit and got to third, also tried to get | home on it, but was put out at the home | plate by throw from the field by Munyan | to Cox and to Wilson, who made the put l out. Brill was put out at first.
 In the tfth inning for Bridgeport Jones | made base hit, stole to second, went to l | Lovett's put out. Cox got base on balls. | Leary tried to catch him at first, but made l such wild throw that Cox made the run of l the bases and scored before Brill could re- cover the ball. Cain then flew out to l Murphy.
 The New Ravens failed to score in this in l ming, although Murphy made fair hit and l got to third where he was left.
 In the sixth inning neither side scored.
 In the seventh Jones made long fly hit | to center. Everybody wondered if Mellon | would drop it; but he did not and was | cheered Then Shannon hit another fly in | the same place. Mellon made a long run | for it, and his huff of this fly was excusable. 1 Shannon got to second on the hit and on | Lovett's base hit came home.
 After this neither side scored.
 The game in many respects was remark | able one. Mellon, outside the three flies he | dropped, played a good game. Leary | pitched his first game of the season and did | admirably. Becannon was to have pitched, and when everything is taken into consider ation the New Ravens played good game. | They could not have beaten the way things | stood, even if they had played without an | error The fact that they were beaten | should make New Haven people | all the more enthusiastic in their | support of the team. Many were saying last night that the New Ravens should l have won the game. This impression is de- | cidedly wrong. The New Ravens were in | hard luck and badly crippled and they | should be given all possible credit for play | ing cool and steady game and not getting | rattled once throughout the game in the face ! of what they knew to be inevitable defeat. | Don't let the public go back on them when | they meet a defeat. Let them be all the | better supported and New Haven may do | what it has not expected to do, win the | championship.
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